photo courtesy of Project Manager Bob Watson

On March 22, 2001 the Green Acres Program preserved 588 acres of land in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County. This large and mostly undisturbed Pinelands property harbors a number of unique and rare plants native to the Pine Barrens as well as the endangered Pine Barrens Tree Frog.

This parcel is part of a large expanse of forested land located within the fast growing Atlantic City Corridor. These lands will be incorporated into the Hamilton Preserve which is managed by Natural Lands Management.

The purchase of this property is part of an ongoing effort by the Green Acres Program to acquire the ecologically important land within the Pinelands for conservation, outdoor recreation and the general public's enjoyment of nature.

 

The property is located east of Mays Landing on Rt. 40, (Harding Highway) and is accessible by turning south from Rt. 40 onto New York Avenue. Gravelly Run creek bisects the land and there is an abandoned cranberry bog adjacent to the creek.